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Unit Five Education Warm-up Questions 预热提问 1. Education is important to everyone. Why should we receive education? 2. Do you know Confucius? Have you ever heard Hanban and Confucius Institutes? Section A Read Fast 一睹为快 Passage A Topic-oriented Lead-in 抛砖引玉 With the steady improvement of the comprehensive national strength and international competitiveness in China, it is an important task for many countries to build diplomatic relations with China. Mandarin plays an important role in foreign trade and economic cooperation and cultural exchange, which becomes an international language. More and more foreigners learn Mandarin. 2500 years ago, Confucius left the country Lu and traveled extensively to promote his ideas among rulers with his followers. Since 2004, he has been traveling the world again to enhance cross-culture communication between China and other countries. Confucius Institutes which have taken his name aim to promote Chinese language and culture and support local Chinese teaching internationally. Confucius Institutes Go beyond Borders Bank of New Words 词库宝典 itinerant / itin?r?nt / adj. travelling from place to place巡回的流动的In the past itinerant merchants sold harmful products. 过去,流动的商人出售有毒的产品。Ive been an itinerant singer, a circus rider. 我作过闯江湖的歌手,当过马戏班的演员teach (sth.) 宣扬教导They preached the new doctrines throughout Europe. 他们在全欧洲宣讲这一新学说. Dont preach me a sermon about being lazy now, please. 请勿现在对我讲有关懒惰的大道理。 3. governance / g?v?n?ns / n. governing [文或修辞统治控制Make sure you have a very clearly established governance structure. 确保你有非常清晰的、确定的管理结构。 Neither is good for corporate governance. 两者对企业管理都无益处。ecessitate / nisesi?teit / v. make (sth.) necessary [文使（某物）成为必要Your proposal will necessitate borrowing more money. 依你的建议, 就必须增加借款. Its an unpopular measure, but the situation necessitates it. 这是不得人心的办法, 但形势需要这样做. alloon / b?lu:n / v. explode; to suddenly become larger in amount 如气球般膨胀Her skirt ballooned in the wind. 她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了. In London, the use